An undated handout photo of Tom Clements, executive director of Colorado’s Department of Corrections. Clements was fatally shot Tuesday night as he opened the front door of his home, authorities said, hours before Gov. John Hickenlooper was scheduled to sign into law a series of restrictive gun-control measures. (Colorado Department of Corrections via The New York Times) — NO SALES; FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY WITH STORY SLUGGED COLO OFFICIAL SHOT. ALL OTHER USE PROHIBITED. —

Joey Bunch has been a reporter for 28 years, including the last 12 at The Denver Post. For various newspapers he has covered the environment, water issues, politics, civil rights, sports and the casino industry. He likes stories more than reports. Tell him if you know one.

Kirk Mitchell is a general assignment reporter at The Denver Post who focuses on criminal justice stories. He began working at the newspaper in 1998, after writing for newspapers in Mesa, Ariz., and Twin Falls, Idaho, and The Associated Press in Salt Lake City. Mitchell first started writing the Cold Case blog in Fall 2007, in part because Colorado has more than 1,400 unsolved homicides.

The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it will pay $4.5 million to state, local and tribal governments for their emergency response to a mine spill that the EPA triggered, but the agency turned down $20.4 million in other requests for past and future expenses.

Ford Motor Co. is going ahead with plans to move small-car production from the U.S. to Mexico despite President-elect Donald Trump’s recent threats to impose tariffs on companies that move work abroad.